agoz Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 When we can, must give olive oil ? Gestational age, dosage etc ? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan Johansson Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 We do not use olive oil for energy fortification at all, but sometime MCT oil. There a discussion about MCT oils recently, see link below. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamed Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 In our unit, we add MCT oil 0.5 ml/feed in case of VLBWI and LBWI after reaching full feeds with full fortification if not gaining weight according to their growth curves. Special cases, if a preterm with PDA we do a mild restriction of fluids 120 to 130 ml/kg/d and increase caloric intake with addition of MCT oil 0.5ml /feed. We do not use olive oil at all, according to my understanding olive oil is a LCT, not a MCT. @agoz do you use olive oil in your unit? It would be interesting to know more about it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agoz Posted July 15 Author Share Posted July 15 Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagdish1313 Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 If we use special care milk formula for premature babies then as per my opinion no need of MCT oil or olive oil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr talal Posted September 13 Share Posted September 13 I quite agree with Stefan on this – MCT oil appears to be the appropriate means of bolstering energy intake, more so in preemies. Olive oil just doesn’t seems to be the right option and it was also good to know that some of the units do not even use olive oil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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